Over 700 guests attended the sixteenth annual BCIT Distinguished Awards held October 22 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Celebrating the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s 2019 Honorary Doctorate of Technology recipients and four exceptional BCIT alumni, the event highlighted the accomplishments of these remarkably driven individuals and told a compelling story about who we are, what … Read more
Hackathons are now are a regular feature in Vancouver, but it’s especially great when they bring together young technical minds to solve society’s problems. VanHacks (for social good) was hosted at BCIT’s Downtown campus TEC Hub last month. Spanning a full weekend, the event saw more than 200 participants working together in 34 teams to … Read more
Curiosity. Adaptability. An interest in effecting change. These traits—along with a childhood spent contributing to the family business and participating in dinner-table debates—set the tone for Elyse Allan’s future career path. The former President and CEO for GE Canada—and passionate advocate for Canada’s competitiveness—grew up outside of New York City spending summertimes in a town … Read more
(originally published in LINK magazine, September 2018) Divine Natural Foods is the brainchild of BCIT’s Saboor Meherzad. His products – nutritional mulberry snacks -– earned him top honours at both the Enactus Club’s Lion’s Lair competition and the BCIT Student Innovation Awards. I met up with Saboor to learn more about his journey from idea … Read more
Everyone excels at different subjects in high school. Some people might have a knack for math, science, or technology. Others may prefer drafting, designing, or working with their hands. But if you enjoy any of these things, you may want to consider pursuing a career in engineering. However, since this is a broad and exciting … Read more
Photo credit: Maria Angerilli, FSA BCIT acknowledges that we are located on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish People, specifically the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish. In the spirit of Orange Shirt Day, BCIT is proud to announce the continued funding of the Diversity Circles’ events, created in partnership between BCIT and the Faculty and Staff … Read more
Several years ago, Tara Wilkie, a BCIT Nursing alumna and Instructor for Forensic Health Sciences, traveled to northern Thailand to help establish a medical clinic for tribal children who were victims of sex trafficking. The number of victims and children at risk shocked her. “I remember feeling an extreme sense of relief when I landed … Read more
One of the smaller things that irked me about the Computer Systems Technology program as I attended my first few semesters was the emphasis on web development skills. In your first term in the program you are required to take a web-dev course, and my project course in the following term happened to also be … Read more
Turn on the faucet and brush your teeth. Or jump in the shower for a refreshing and clean shower after a workout at the gym. Access to clean and safe water is a basic human right, not a privilege. Yet billions of people across the world are still living without safe water, leaving them struggling … Read more
“I quit my job, moved to Vancouver and gave it everything I had,” says Britt McConeghy about enrolling in BCIT’s full-time Nursing program in 2014. At the time, she was in her 30s, she already had an undergraduate degree and she was working in a career she’d spent more than a decade building. Still, this … Read more